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The left back’s rampaging runs - in front of the watching Khaldoon Al Mubarak at the Stade Louis II - confirmed his status as the left back City simply had to sign.

Interest in Mbappe remains - and a world record bid for the teenage striker has not yet been ruled out in a summer when Guardiola is putting together the pieces that could make City this season’s answer to Monaco.

Vincent Kompany was controversially left out of the squad for that second leg - but watching on from the touchline, he could appreciate just what Silva and Mendy would bring to City.

Silva, Mbappe and Mendy

“They were one of the most attractive teams in Europe last season,” said the Belgian. “Their attacking threat was incredible.

“Those guys did some damage against us!

“So hopefully they’ll be good players and they know what it is to play for an offensive team, so hopefully they’ll fit right in here.

““We’ve replaced some key players in the team that did a lot of good over the years.

But the important thing was replacing them with players of equal ability at least - because they’ve been big players for us down the years.

Ferran Soriano, David Silva, Brahim Diaz, Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany at a community event in East LA

“It’s good to get some new guys, new faces, who are hungry to win. Everything is there to be achieved for them. But hopefully they will add that spark that we need to be the champions again. “

Guardiola’s spending has progressed rapidly over here in the US, with City completing deals for Mendy and Real Madrid right back Danilo for a combined fee of almost £80m.

By the time the transfer window closes, his total outlay could top £300m if he manages to push through deals for Mbappe and Alexis Sanchez.

But it is in defence where the biggest overhaul has taken place, with Pablo Zabaleta, Gael Clichy, Bacary Sagna and Aleks Kolarov all departing.